Chapter 4 Review

Who made a map of the Oregon Trail?

• Mrs. Mersmann

• John C. Fremont

• John Legend

Why did people go west?

• To give land back to the Indians

• So they could travel in a wagon for a long time

• For religious freedom, to find gold and to claim to land

Wagon trains were comfortable to ride in. True or False?

• True

• False

Most families couldn't take very little with them in their wagons. True or False?

• True

• False

True or False: The Oregon Trail was one trail.

• True

• False

True or False: A misunderstanding over a cow led the Lakota and the army to a battle.

• True

• False

True or False: It took lots of cooperation to travel in a wagon train.

• True

• False

True or False: The journey west was simple but long.

• True

• False

True or False: Pioneers used oxen, mules and dogs to pull their wagons.

• True

• False

True or False: All the gold seekers who went westward found gold and became rich.

• True

• False